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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Revolver''}}
 
{{Album
  
{{Album
 
| title = Revolver
  
| title = Revolver
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| image = Revolver.jpg
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| image = Thebeatlesrevolver.jpg
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| release date = 5 August 1966 (UK)<br />8 August 1966 (US)
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| release date = 5 August 1966
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| recorded = April–June 1966
 
| studio = EMI Studios, London
  
| studio = EMI Studios, London
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| genre = Progressive rock, baroque pop, psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, raga rock, soft rock, pop, soul
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| genre = Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, Rock and roll
  
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| length = 32:45
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| length = 35:01
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| label = Parlophone
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| label = [[Parlophone]] • [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
 
| producer = [[George Martin]]
  
| producer = [[George Martin]]
 
| previous = [[Rubber Soul]] / [[Yesterday and Today]]
  
| previous = [[Rubber Soul]] / [[Yesterday and Today]]
 
| next = [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]
  
| next = [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]
 
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'''Revolver''' is the seventh album by [[The Beatles]]; it was released on 5 August 1966 in the United Kingdom and on 8 August 1966 in the United States. This album marks the start of the Beatles psychedelic period, with many experimental songs and ideas. This also is the first album in which the majority of songs were about themes other than love and romance. Many of the tracks on the album are marked by an electric guitar-rock sound, in contrast with the folk-rock album ''[[Rubber Soul]]''. It reached #1 in the UK charts for 7 weeks and #1 on the U.S. charts for 6 weeks.
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'''''Revolver''''' is the seventh studio album by English rock band [[The Beatles]]. It was first released on 5 August 1966 by [[Parlophone]] in the United Kingdom and on 8 August in the United States by [[Capitol Records]]. Produced by [[George Martin]], it was recorded after a three-month break from professional commitments at the start of 1966, during a period when London was considered the era's cultural capital. Much of the album's songs reflect the influence of psychedelic drugs such as LSD, and the increasing sophistication of the band's lyrics to address themes including death and transcendence from material concerns.
   
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''Revolver'' was the band's final recording project before their retirement as live performers, and marked their most overt use of studio technology at that point, building on the advances of their previous album ''[[Rubber Soul]]'' (1965). With no thoughts of reproducing new material in concert, the band made liberal use of studio techniques such as "varispeeding", reversed tapes, close audio miking, and automatic double-tracking, in addition to employing instrumentation outside of their standard live setup. Some of the changes in studio practice introduced by ''Revolver'', particularly ADT, were soon adopted throughout the recording industry.
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In 2003, the album was ranked number 3 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
  
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''Revolver'' was promoted with the release of its fourteen tracks to radio stations in the United Kingdom throughout July 1966. Its release in the United States coincided with the band's final tour, which was marred by controversy surrounding member [[John Lennon]]'s remark about how the band had become "more popular than Jesus". Nevertheless, ''Revolver'' topped the UK Albums Chart and the US ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart and received universal acclaim from critics. It is often credited with helping expand the scope of popular music in terms of stylistic range, compositional form, and lyrical content, and is considered influential in advancing principles espoused by the 1960s counterculture. It has also been cited as influential on the development of subsequent genres such as psychedelic rock, electronica, progressive rock, and world music.
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Since its release, the album has been certified five-times platinum by the [[Wikipedia:Recording Industry Association of America|Recording Industry Association of America]], denoting shipments of over five million copies in the United States, and in 2013, after the [[Wikipedia:British Phonographic Industry|British Phonographic Industry]] changed its sales award rules, it achieved BPI double-platinum status, denoting shipments of over 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. In 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' placed ''Revolver'' at number three on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", a position it kept after the list was updated in 2012.
   
 
==Tracks==
  
==Tracks==
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All songs were written by [[Lennon/McCartney]], except where noted otherwise. The songs "[[I'm Only Sleeping]]", "[[And Your Bird Can Sing]]" and "[[Doctor Robert]]" were not featured on the US version possibly due to being already released on ''[[Yesterday and Today]]''.
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All songs [[Lennon/McCartney]] unless otherwise noted.
  
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===UK release===
  
===UK release===
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===='''Side One'''====
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====Side one====
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# "[[Taxman]]" ([[George Harrison]]) – 2:39
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# "[[Taxman]]" ([[George Harrison]]) – 2:37
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# "[[Eleanor Rigby]]" – 2:07
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# "[[Eleanor Rigby]]" – 2:06
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# "[[I'm Only Sleeping]]" – 3:01
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# "[[I'm Only Sleeping]]" – 3:00
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# "[[Love You To]]" (Harrison) – 3:01
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# "[[Love You To]]" (Harrison) – 2:58
 
# "[[Here, There and Everywhere]]" – 2:25
  
# "[[Here, There and Everywhere]]" – 2:25
 
# "[[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]" – 2:40
  
# "[[Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine]]" – 2:40
 
# "[[She Said She Said]]" – 2:37
  
# "[[She Said She Said]]" – 2:37
   
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===='''Side Two'''====
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====Side two====
 
# "[[Good Day Sunshine]]" – 2:09
  
# "[[Good Day Sunshine]]" – 2:09
 
# "[[And Your Bird Can Sing]]" – 2:01
  
# "[[And Your Bird Can Sing]]" – 2:01
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# "[[For No One]]" – 2:01
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# "[[For No One]]" – 1:58
 
# "[[Doctor Robert]]" – 2:15
  
# "[[Doctor Robert]]" – 2:15
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# "[[I Want to Tell You]]" (Harrison) – 2:29
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# "[[I Want to Tell You]]" (Harrison) – 2:28
 
# "[[Got to Get You into My Life]]" – 2:30
  
# "[[Got to Get You into My Life]]" – 2:30
 
# "[[Tomorrow Never Knows]]" – 2:57
  
# "[[Tomorrow Never Knows]]" – 2:57
   
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===U.S. release===
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===='''Side One'''====
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====Side one====
 
# "[[Taxman]]" (Harrison) – 2:39
  
# "[[Taxman]]" (Harrison) – 2:39
 
# "[[Eleanor Rigby]]" – 2:07
  
# "[[Eleanor Rigby]]" – 2:07
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# "[[She Said She Said]]" – 2:37
  
# "[[She Said She Said]]" – 2:37
   
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===='''Side Two'''====
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====Side two====
 
# "[[Good Day Sunshine]]" – 2:09
  
# "[[Good Day Sunshine]]" – 2:09
 
# "[[For No One]]" – 2:01
  
# "[[For No One]]" – 2:01
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==Credits==
  
==Credits==
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* [[John Lennon]]: Lead, Harmony and Backing Vocals, Rhythm Guitar ([[Epiphone 230TD Casino|1965 Epiphone ES-230TD Casino]]), Acoustic Guitar ([[Gibson J-160E|1964 Gibson J-160E]], [[List of Instruments|Framus Hootenanny|1964 List of Instruments|Framus Hootenanny 5/024]]), Hammond Organ, Harmonium, Tambourine, Maracas, Handclaps, Finger-Snaps and Tape-Loops
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* [[John Lennon]]: vocals, [[rhythm guitar]], tape effects on "Tomorrow Never Knows"
  
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* [[Paul McCartney]]: Lead, Harmony and Backing Vocals, Bass Guitar ([[Rickenbacker 4001S|1964 Rickenbhacker 4001S]]), Lead Guitar ([[Epiphone 230TD Casino|1962 Epiphone ES-230TD Casino]]), Piano, Clavichord, Handclaps, Finger-Snaps and Tape-Loops
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* [[Paul McCartney]]: vocals, [[bass guitar]], [[piano]], guitar on "Taxman", tape effects on "Tomorrow Never Knows"
  
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* [[George Harrison]]: Lead, Harmony and Backing Vocals, Lead Guitar ([[Fender Stratocaster|1961 Fender Stratocaster]], [[Epiphone 230TD Casino|1965 Epiphone ES-230TD Casino]], [[Gibson SG Standard|1964 Gibson SG Standard]]), Bass Guitar ([[Burns u-Sonic|1966 Burns Nu-Sonic]]), Sitar, Tambura, Handclaps, Finger-Snaps and Tape-Loops
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* [[George Harrison]]: [[lead guitar]], vocals, [[sitar]] and tamboura on "Love You To" and "Tomorrow Never Knows"
  
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* [[Ringo Starr]]: [[drums]], vocals on "Yellow Submarine"
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* [[Ringo Starr]]: Lead Vocals, Drums, Tambourine, Maracas, Handclaps, Finger-Snaps and Tape-Loops
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* [[George Martin]]: producer, piano on "Good Day Sunshine"
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* [[George Martin]]: Producer and Piano
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* [[Alan Civil]]: horn on "For No One"
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* [[Alan Civil]]: French Horn
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* [[Anil Bhagwat]]: tabla on "Love You To"
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* [[Anil Bhagwat]]: Tabla
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* [[Geoff Emerick]]: engineer
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* [[Geoff Emerick]]: Engineer
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* Brian Jones: Backing Vocals (uncredited)
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* Donovan: Backing Vocals (uncredited)
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* Mal Evans: Bass Drum and Backing Vocals (uncredited)
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* Marianne Faithfull: Backing Vocals (uncredited)
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* Neil Aspinall: Backing Vocals (uncredited)
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* Pattie Boyd: Backing Vocals (uncredited)
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* Tony Gilbert, Sidney Sax, John Sharpe, Jurgen Hess: Violins
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* Stephen Shingles, John Underwood: Violas
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* Derek Simpson, Norman Jones: Cellos
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* Eddie Thornton, Ian Hamer, Les Condon: Trumpets
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* Peter Coe, Alan Branscombe: Tenor Saxophone
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==Instruments==
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* [[Grestch Tennessean]]
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* [[Epiphone 230TD Casino]]
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* [[Fender Stratocaster]]
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* [[Gibson SG Standard]]
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* [[Rickenbacker 4001S]]
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* [[Gibson J-160E]]
   
 
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Revision as of 12:52, 13 July 2020

Revolver
Thebeatlesrevolver
Released 5 August 1966
Recorded April–June 1966
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock, baroque pop, psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, raga rock, soft rock, pop, soul
Length 35:01
Label Parlophone • Capitol
Producer George Martin
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Revolver is the seventh studio album by English rock band The Beatles. It was first released on 5 August 1966 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and on 8 August in the United States by Capitol Records. Produced by George Martin, it was recorded after a three-month break from professional commitments at the start of 1966, during a period when London was considered the era's cultural capital. Much of the album's songs reflect the influence of psychedelic drugs such as LSD, and the increasing sophistication of the band's lyrics to address themes including death and transcendence from material concerns.

Revolver was the band's final recording project before their retirement as live performers, and marked their most overt use of studio technology at that point, building on the advances of their previous album Rubber Soul (1965). With no thoughts of reproducing new material in concert, the band made liberal use of studio techniques such as "varispeeding", reversed tapes, close audio miking, and automatic double-tracking, in addition to employing instrumentation outside of their standard live setup. Some of the changes in studio practice introduced by Revolver, particularly ADT, were soon adopted throughout the recording industry.

Revolver was promoted with the release of its fourteen tracks to radio stations in the United Kingdom throughout July 1966. Its release in the United States coincided with the band's final tour, which was marred by controversy surrounding member John Lennon's remark about how the band had become "more popular than Jesus". Nevertheless, Revolver topped the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard Top LPs chart and received universal acclaim from critics. It is often credited with helping expand the scope of popular music in terms of stylistic range, compositional form, and lyrical content, and is considered influential in advancing principles espoused by the 1960s counterculture. It has also been cited as influential on the development of subsequent genres such as psychedelic rock, electronica, progressive rock, and world music.

Since its release, the album has been certified five-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting shipments of over five million copies in the United States, and in 2013, after the British Phonographic Industry changed its sales award rules, it achieved BPI double-platinum status, denoting shipments of over 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Rolling Stone placed Revolver at number three on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", a position it kept after the list was updated in 2012.

Tracks

All songs were written by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted otherwise. The songs "I'm Only Sleeping", "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "Doctor Robert" were not featured on the US version possibly due to being already released on Yesterday and Today.

UK release

Side one

  1. "Taxman" (George Harrison) – 2:37
  2. "Eleanor Rigby" – 2:06
  3. "I'm Only Sleeping" – 3:00
  4. "Love You To" (Harrison) – 2:58
  5. "Here, There and Everywhere" – 2:25
  6. "Yellow Submarine" – 2:40
  7. "She Said She Said" – 2:37

Side two

  1. "Good Day Sunshine" – 2:09
  2. "And Your Bird Can Sing" – 2:01
  3. "For No One" – 1:58
  4. "Doctor Robert" – 2:15
  5. "I Want to Tell You" (Harrison) – 2:28
  6. "Got to Get You into My Life" – 2:30
  7. "Tomorrow Never Knows" – 2:57

U.S. release

Side one

  1. "Taxman" (Harrison) – 2:39
  2. "Eleanor Rigby" – 2:07
  3. "Love You To" (Harrison) – 3:01
  4. "Here, There and Everywhere" – 2:25
  5. "Yellow Submarine" – 2:40
  6. "She Said She Said" – 2:37

Side two

  1. "Good Day Sunshine" – 2:09
  2. "For No One" – 2:01
  3. "I Want to Tell You" (Harrison) – 2:29
  4. "Got to Get You into My Life" – 2:30
  5. "Tomorrow Never Knows" – 2:57

Credits

Instruments

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